# Forman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/forman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation, a spelling variant of Foreman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,894 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,015 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,958 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.5% (12,202 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Forman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Forman in the United States.

## People named Forman

- Tom Forman, American actor (1893-1926)
- Gayle Forman, American young-adult fiction author
- James Forman, American civil rights leader (1928–2005)
- Christine Jones Forman, American astrophysicist and astronomer
- Carol Forman, American actress (1918-1997)
- Mitchel Forman, American jazz and fusion keyboard player
- Stanley Forman, American photographer (born 1945)
- Donnie Forman, American basketball player (1926-2018)

## Similar surnames

Freeman, Foreman, Furman, Fuhrman, Fryman, Fairman, Fuhrmann, Froman, Ferman, Firman, Farman, Fernandez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.